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№ 5274

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25 September 2018

Hammer Price:
£85

Gibraltar, First series, Authorisation c. early 1740s, Type II, Eighth-Dollar, contemporary counterfeit, a Philip V, Spanish Réal, Madrid, centrally pierced with a heart-shaped hole, 1.82g/28.1gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 9 [Sale, cf. lot 280]; cf. KM. Martinique 7). Coin very fine but with two large edge clips (made at a later date than the heart-shaped piercing), rare £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins.

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Provenance: Bt 2002